[GRASSLIST:882] Re: Planning swath bathymetry surveys

[Hamish]

> > 1) "It appears that v.buffer buffers the nodes on the line segments
> > rather than drawing parallel lines at the appropriate distance from
> > the centerline."
> > 
> > I don't think that is right, if the input feature is a line.
> 
> I guess statement 1) is somewhat right. See the attached screendump.
> Red is the input lines, black is the output of the command:
> 
> v.buffer input=x_extr output=buffer type=boundary layer=1 buffer=100
> scale=1.0 tolerance=0.01 debug=buffer


I don't see the problem? Sure as part of the processing it buffers about
nodes, but after a disolve common boundaries cleaning step the buffer 
looks correct between nodes as well? (see ski jump mid-right side of your
image)


Hamish